Vehicle wheel-rim.



R. W. FUNK.

VEHICLE WHEEL RIM.

APPLICATION r1LmJAN.1u.191a,

Patented Jun@ l0, 1915i UTE RICHARD W. FUNK, OF WEEHAWKEN, NEW JERSEY,ASSIGNOR TO B. W. FUNK,

INCORPORATED, OF NEW YORK, N.

Y., A CORORATION OF NEW YORK.

VEHICLE WHEEL-BIM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentetll .inne it), HM It.

Application filed January 18, 1913. Serial No. 742,767.

To all whomV it may concern Be it known that l, Riemann W. FUNK,

i: eitrixen of the United States, residingr in the eity ol lVeehawhen,county ol Hudson, and State o't New Jersey, have invented eel.'- tainnew and useful Improvements in Vehiele Wheel-Rims, of whieh thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to that type of vehiele wheel rim in which themetallie tireearl-ying` member is IQeparahle trom the pe riphery of thewheel, forming,r what is Commonly known as a demountahle rim 7structure. This device permits the motor ist to carry Yl'ully inflatedspare tires upon Spare rims ready to replace the rim and tire already inplatre npon the wheel in cane oli aeeident to the latter.

My present invention is direeted to certain improvements anddevelopments ot the inventionf deeerihed in my appleation Al'or UnitedStates Letters latent, Serial Nnmbei' mil-,14:06, tiled June 1S', 1912,and is particularly appli fable to what are termed wire "'wheels, that;4is, wheels having spokes formed et" wires instead of the wooden Spokeswith which artillery wheels are provided. My de'viee is adapted to heconstructed of steel eohlrolled into shape, and is light, inexpensive,simple and dufable.

In the accompanying drawings whieh form a part ot' this apeeitieation`Figure l is a Side elevation ot' a eoinplete wire wheel forming anembodiment ot' my invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse Sectional view online Il--II of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective. view olf therolled metal fixed rim or channel member: Fig. 4- is a trans`- versesectional view on line lV--lV ol Fig. l, and Fig. is n transversesectional view en line V--V of Fig. l.

l`tefer1'in;y to the drawings in detail, the numeral l desigm'rtes thehulo Yfrom whit-,h extend the wire spokes 2 Secured at their outerextremities in any usual and wellknown fashion to :L base member Siharing a, eliallnel Section with parallel legs, and tronetituting' afixed wheel member or tixed rim. I

'lhiS base member may preferably be t'ormed by' e,oltlrollin,g ay sheet`Steel strip ot the required width into a hoop, electrically weldingr theabutting.,r ends, and then produelng a channel seetion by furtherrollin". By

l passing the structure thus, obtained through truinn' rolls,eullit-iont aeenraey may he ohtained to obviale the neeesnity tor anyune chilling ol. the deviee as a whole. At, epaeed intervals ahouttheperiphery of this base or ehannel member, homologouely arranged lips ortlangges fl are toi-med by entting' the metal ol.' the legga ol theehannel at (l and T and bending the section ot metal included, betweenthese ents inwardly and att an angle. with respect. to the plane ot thewheel. Axially :dined holes F4 and tl are drilled through the letra o'fthe'el'iannel itor the ree ption ol the bolts which, in conjunction withthe nuts ll, hold 'in place the two palml ol wedge members: 1Q. eaehpair of whit-,h ineludes oppositely dispoged wedge surtm'ee 12S tor theretention of the tranevelsaely split, tii'traai-iy'ing rim lll and aSeeond wedge aurl'are lf3 adapted to ride upon the inturned inelinedllangee, tl-. A epfeinl pair ot' wedgelt is similarly Secured to thebzme member by ine-am; ot arbeit 17 and nut 1H. l`he'-'e wedges havewedge nurlaeeeA i9 similar to the surl'nres Vl5 ot the other Stets; otweilg'es`r and in addition are provided Awith t'lip members 2U l'orembrai-inzir a portion of the ti|'t 'arryin; rim, :1nd pinsl 2l, andl'or engagement with holen formed in either Side ot' the transverseSplitP 2? in the tireearryine rim. Titia,l partieular eens-:triu'tlionis illustrated and tle.-;eribeifl in my eopent'l in er applicationaforesaid. and need not he Vfurther deseribed here.

ln nltaehing a rim to a` wheel, the tightening ol' the nuts upon thebolts after the parteare assembled as; Shown in the draw,u ings willeanae the wedges to ride radiall)r 4outward with respeet to the wheelupon the .inclined llaup'e memhere 4, thm.l clamping t the rim rigidlyupon the wheel. Tl aetion will torre the rim to hun the base member orlixed rim at pomts internuuliate ot the. wedges, as illuntrated 1n Figi.l and it, and

substantial dislanee about` its periphery and will not depend solely n)on the radial snpport oll'ered by the we( gea. At tht` flame time thelnetal-to-mehll eontnrt will be nonlparalivetv so lemail that trein/.ingotI the rim to the base member, due to rusting or other valises, neednot be l'eared. einee auch corrosion will be slight in any ease and maybe wholly obvialed by eonstriutiug the rim the rim will therefore beSupported for n el* any efllie welbknewn enfzi-ecifi-esien 1 euslyeii'unged meiele new commonly used for @eiwit-ing 'such ectien.

cellel Continental type of' demounteble,

iini. l 'egacl the ccnsruv'cicn liest de scribed as preferable, howcverfHaving thus describedmy invenfion, l claim:

l. ln a. Vehicle Wheel, e fixed iim compris ing e channel section and eplurality of e'nges :lier :supporting u nim-engaging menibe'r, saidflanges extending from and bein..

n `J`. enfrulail cns esed te the le s cf seid ellen-A cf! f nel enelbeing? cpposiely inclinecl te the plane o'' hewlieel:

2. ln e Vehicle Wlleel, a fixed :sim conpris ing e channel section andn. plurality of ep1 vposed flanges for sup )meting e rim-engagingmember, seid ianges eing disposed. in pairs singularly spaced about lieperiphery of the legs ef seid channel, each of seid flanges extendinginwerdly'rem end being engulmly disposed te e leg ef seid channel.

' 3. ln a. Vehicle Wheel, e, fixed rim cmnpi-is- .ing e channel section,und ineens for sup porting vrimengaging membci including e flangeextending 'from one legof said chenue'l enfl inclined in die directionof lie other leg, and e second flange ex-,emling from lhe other leg efffille channel engl inclined towel-Cl the first-named leg.

` ln e Vehicle Wheel, e xecl rim Compri/sing e channel section and apluralily el lenges integral with the legs cf incl engulany spacedebonl, seid channel, eecli of seid ien'ges consisting of a sectionperielly sevcred from said membei'ancl beni @may iom thesame. l

5. ln e vehicle Wheel, a fixed ,rim comprising s. channel section end e.plurality .of flanges integral with and engulzuly spaced abot saidchannel, each of said flanges c0nsisting' of section partially severed:from

-one leg of 'the channel enel bent :may from 'the seme. n

6. ln e vehicle Wheel, e fixed rim comprising e channel section und a,pluraliy of opposed flanges iniegml with and 'anguleily spaced aboutseid channel, each el seid flanges consisting of e Sect-ien partiallyseveireelv .licni one leg of the channel and. bent away from the sametowui'd ille opposite leo'.

'Z'. lin e Vehicle Wheel, e. fixed rim comprising a channel section andpairs of homolog- Loeenee langes engnlnily specc allem' smid nien'illcr,nach ei" seirl flanges cen.- sisfing wf .1 section pei lly severed 'fromthe belly el the member nml benl away from the same lo form n, suppoi'for f1 rimecngnging' member.

8. ln :l Vehicle Wheel, e fixed rim compris- 65 ing :1 cli-mmol sectionnml. means integral licrmvil'h lor suppeling a rim-engaging member, seidmeans including n secien pnlially severed 'from elle leg oi said Channelsind benl' tewzml the other leg el' the channel, and a secoml sectionpnrl'inlly .severed from lthe einer leggoj" Elie cliumwl and bent towardVllye llisbnmneal leg.

9. ln n vehicle wheel, a fixed rim compr-isiugg n channel sectionlle-ving ils base nem'esw the :mis of he wheel, n lire-ceirying rim, andmeans for suppeing it upon the lixeil rim inclmling e. flange pzul'iellysevered from n leg el' l'lie channel enel benl away L I llicreliem, ewedge member adepel lo ride 'ge upon smid ,ll-.inge miel engageseiclrim, and ineens er secmiz'xg seid wege inemlwei; in place. i

l0. ln e vehicle wheel, e x'iefl iiifn eemN prisinpg :i channel seciennaming cefn @e ,'55 nearest the axis of ine wheel, e xfecenying rim, undmeans for mounting; it 'u penilhey lined rim including e flangepeitielly sei? ered :lyon1 one leg: of Said channel enel bent toward theopposie leg, of lie seme,e se @mi Sfinge pa-tinlly'seveed :from liecelle? leg of llie channel and beni; toward 'flee faire@ name@ leg, epeil* of hemclegcusly siifengefl Weflge men'lbeis adepecl le fide uponseid 'ileng'es engage said tire-carrying tim, anal means for seemingseid weflges te ixe. rim.

l1. ln e ve licle'wheel, e fixed rim com ji'iiising` e channel Sectionhaving; its kmse nearest lie axis et? elle wl1eel,n lire-cey ing rim,and means-lor meunt'ing itiipon lie fixed rim including e )flangepmtielly severed from one leg of seid channel encl lient owmd the opposie leg;l cf lieseme, n, second flange petially sevel'efl :from *kleenher leg of lne veliennel and leent tewenl the; first-named leg, @pairof lielnelogeusljel? ranged Wedge members adapted le i'icle upon.sziid,llenges sind engage seid iiie-ce'iying z-im, unil e bell; passingllneugli l legs nl' 'lli .les

ne said lixel rim adjacent te seid. flanges anal a'c'leptcd le` carryseid Wedges,

Elf/HARD FUNK'. f

Witnesses: i ,l

DOMINECK, A. CANEPA, @Living lli-immun.

